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Obama will rename the highest U.S. peak, dropping McKinley for Denali
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 31, 2015 07:56am |
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| Category | Rule Change |
| Author | Steven Mufson |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, August 31, 2015 03:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | America’s highest mountain, a household name and the answer to countless geography quiz questions, is about to get a new name.
President Obama in Anchorage on Monday will announce the renaming of Mount McKinley, honoring the 25th president, to Mount Denali, an Athabascan name used by generations of Alaska Natives that means “the great one.”
The White House said Obama would rename the continent’s tallest peak in order to improve relations with Native Americans. As a central part of the Athabascan creation story, Denali carries cultural importance to many Alaska Natives. |
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